Basic Information

• Location – Halfmoon Creek, Bamberg, Bamberg County

  Located off US 78 west of Bamberg

• Origin of name –

• Other names –

• Current status –

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

  Land grant from King George II to George Dykes
  

• 1773 – House built

Land

• Number of acres –

• Primary crop – Cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Colonel John Dyches, George Dykes
  

  Remained in Dykes family for at least three generations
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves –

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

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Print Resources

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